Lincoln Avenue School

ORANGE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS

LINCOLN AVENUE SCHOOL

216 Lincoln Avenue, Orange, NJ 07050

Tel: 973-677-4130 Fax: 973-414-0328

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Ronald C. Lee

Superintendent of Schools

Denise V. White, Principal Patrick Yearwood, Assistant Principal

Isabel Colon, Assistant Principal

SMT/DATA Team Meeting

October 24, 2016

Present: D. White, D. Armstrong, B. Florczak, M. Paradise, T. Jones,Y. Moses, Y. Cooper, P. Yearwood

1.Acceptance of last month’s minutes.

(Monitoring the election process, roles and responsibilities, setting of meeting dates, minutes distribution)

Minutes accepted by P. Yearwood, Y. Moses

2Needs assessment and priorities must be based on benefits to studentsand student achievements. For more on SMT Google Whole School Reform

3. School Improvement Plan/Title I Plan Activity Progress: Person/People Reporting______

(Facilitation of the School Improvement Plan/monitoring, assessing, and amending the plan)

Goal #1: Closing the achievement gap ELA grades 3-5

Goal #2: Closing the achievement gap ELA grades 6-7

Goal #3: Infuse rigor in math classes to increase student achievement

Goal # / Activity Description / Person/People Responsible / Status (Not yet begun, In progress, Completed) / Evidence/Data of Status
(What and where housed) / Justification for revisions, if any
1 / Guided Reading Groups, administering SRI / All teachers 3-5 . / In progress / SRI
2 / Administering the SRI, Class novels Expeditionary Learning / Select teachers 3-7 / In progress / SRI
1-3 / After School programs
Rosetta Stone, Study Island, Moby Max math program
starting with lowest performing groups
Different target / Administrators and after school teachers / Began on 10/11/16 / Pre and post assessments (3-7)
3 / Math 180 / 2 teachers / Began on 9/20/16 / SMI

4. Committee Reports: Person/People Reporting: P. Yearwood, I. Colon

(Data Collection/minutes from committees)

Committee / Date of last mtng. / Achievement Data to date: Assessment Data / Demographic Data / Program Data: Usage / Perception Data: Information from walkthroughs and surveys
Data Team (assessment, attendance, student conduct) / 9-26-16
ScIP (mentoring, professional development) / Occurred 9-27-16 / Using questioning and discussion techniques is an area for concern / 2 teachers on CAP,
I&RS (trends, interventions)
Each CPT (student achievement data, best practices)
School Safety Team (positive school climate, HIB reports) / Scheduled for Early November

5. Parent Involvement: Person/People Reporting:

(Meets the needs of students and families/facilitates the development of, monitors and assesses procedures, programs, and goals that enhance achievement/builds capacity for parents and students’ concerns)

Committee / Planned Activity / Number of Parents / Feedback Results
PTO / Parent meeting / We were able to sign more parents into our school wide communication with parents (Class Dojo).
Trunk or Treat
Hispanic Heritage / Cultural activities / 200 / Successful event

6. Community Involvement: Person/People Reporting: (Develops and monitors procedures for the facilitation of communication throughout the professional community)

Committee / Planned Activities
School Culture and Climate / Fire prevention,
see something say something assembly,
Dojo party
Red Ribbon Week

7.Good of the Order